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From the Mayor – Time to hit the train service alarm button

What an amazing autumn we have had this year. There was one week where nature damaged our property, but for the most part…

Under its current plan, South Wairarapa council says it will raise rates an average 4.7 percent for the July 2025 – June…

Wairarapa Library Service – WLS – ends 24 years of joint community service to South Wairarapa and Cartertondistricts on July 1 –…

Three down, one council to go. South Wairarapa, Carterton and Masterton are finally lined up to create a new combined water services…

In George Pain, Martinborough has a great deal to be thankful for. He would be easily seen as an entrepreneur in today’s…

During May, councillors considered submissions for both the Long Term Plan and Local Water Done Well. For the LTP, councillors resolved that next…

A platform that proposes to sort out bureaucracy, carry out a full audit to root out district council waste, cut duplication and…

“It is unfortunate we are here to do what we have already done” South Wairarapa District Councillor Pip Maynard said as a…

Just over half of South Wairarapa’s eligible voters cast ballots in four of the five triennial local body elections since 2010, and…

Each district council has a ratepayer roll for people who pay rates on a property but live in another part of the…

Fire Brigade needs reinforcements: will you help? When I write these articles for The Star, I often wonder if anyone reads them? …

The issue of health and safety – and district council liability – has pushed the council to likely open fresh dialogue over…